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烟囱

yāncōng

chimney; smokestack

A tall red-brick chimney by a river with a thin wisp of smoke
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Characters in this word

烟 yān

Strokes
10
Radical
火 — fire, flame
Made of
火 fire, flame 因 cause, reason
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

囱 cōng

Strokes
7
Radical
囗 — enclosure
Made of
囗 enclosure 夂 to go
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 囱

Example phrases

  • 老厂房的烟囱仍然矗立在河边,像一段被遗忘的工业记忆。 Lǎo chǎngfáng de yāncōng réngrán chùlì zài hébiān, xiàng yí duàn bèi yíwàng de gōngyè jìyì. The chimney of the old factory still stands by the river, like a forgotten fragment of industrial memory.
  • 冬天里,家家户户的烟囱都冒出了白烟。 Dōngtiān li, jiājiā hùhù de yāncōng dōu mào chū le bái yān. In winter, white smoke rose from every household's chimney.
  • 工人们正在检修工厂的大烟囱。 Gōngrén men zhèngzài jiǎnxiū gōngchǎng de dà yāncōng. The workers are inspecting and repairing the factory's big chimney.

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